Longyearbyen reports

Taste of The Far North 
Svalbard or Spitsbergen - arctic territory administrated by Norway lies 78 deg. north - half way between the North Pole and mainland Europe. It is exotic travel destination. It is easy accessible by air from Oslo and Tromso. My best advice: you can travel... more

Summer in Longyearbyen 
Longyearbyen (Longyear city) got its name from John Munroe Longyear who owned Arctic Coal Company and the community was established in 1906. Coal is essensial in the history of Svalbard. Longyearbyen is center of adminstration for the Svalbard Islands, th... more